reselling Planit software?

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this will sound completely ignorant so apologies right up front but, I'm trying to help a family member who is looking to sell his Planit Solutions Cabinet Vision software package he bought a few years back for his CNC router. to be completely honest, it is not mine, i am not a cabinetmaker, simply someone a bit more web-savvy than he is trying to understand if its possible to re-sell, if so where, and how to arrive at a fair price. completely ignorant and open to suggestions, directions, recommendations. I'll be honest too i just found this site for this purpose so apologies if I'm going about this in an improper fashion or have posted this in the wrong place.

Pretty sure they charge 50% of what it would cost to buy to re-license, plus the new owner has to come up to date with all missed updates. No personal experience, just something someone stated somewhere else.

So- basically you can't unless you are willing to take a HUGE loss on it.

thx thats already a whole lot more than I knew. unfortunately I think he is already braced for a deep discount. and another question if I may -- and again from complete ignorance -- but couldn't a new owner simply install and use as-is? is that not physically possible? and I guess as importantly, does this violate the licensing agreement? Im not a lawyer but in reading the agreement, I see it is "non-transferable", but that it can be transferred from one computer to another so long as it is used on only one computer at a time. and understand I'm not looking to advice him to violate his agreement. thx again!

This is from the Planit Customer Service Policy Guide. It may have been updated since Vero took over.

Software License Transfers
The registered user of the software accepts the Planit Solutions Software License Agreement
when installing the software. See Software License Agreement.
The Software License Agreement states that the software license is nontransferable. This means
that the software cannot be used by anyone other than the registered user of the software and his
employees.
In certain situations, Planit Solutions will allow a transfer of the software license to a new
registered user of a different company. This would be the case if you are selling the software to
another individual or company; or you are closing your business and auctioning or selling
company assets.
Software License Transfer Request
A letter from the original registered user must be sent to Planit Solutions, Inc.
stating that they wish to relinquish the software license and the reason why. A
total count of the software security devices must be included in the letter. The
letter must be signed by the original registered user of the software. The letter
must have the new intended user¡¦s full name, business name, business
address, and phone number.
„h Planit Solutions, Inc. will reply to the letter either approving or denying the
request, and the reason.
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Software License Transfer Criteria
„h All software security devices must be returned to Planit Solutions, Inc. If the
previous user had four software security devices, all four must be returned.
Software license transfer cannot take place unless all software security devices
are returned. Software security devices cannot be split.
„h Rental Security Devices must also be returned, but will not be transferred to the
new user.
„h A software license transfer fee of 60% of the current list price of the transferred
software must be paid to Planit Solutions, Inc.
„h The software must be brought up to date to the most current software version.
„h A new post processor must be purchased if the S2M Center software is to be
integrated to a new machine.
„h An on-site Integration must be purchased if the S2M Center software is to be
integrated to a new machine.
„h It is also recommended that training be purchased with a software license
transfer, especially if the new user has little or no experience with the use of the
software. Planit Solutions Technical Support cannot be used for training or retraining
of software.
Software License Transfer Benefits
„h The latest versions of all software being transferred will be delivered to the new
registered user.
„h New security devices will be issued with the new registered user¡¦s company
name programmed into the device.
„h A One Year Advanced Annual Support and Maintenance subscription.

thx again all. my take on all this is they take a very deliberate approach in making a re-sale as unattractive as possible. and frankly i'd have to say i understand why -- its really intellectual property they are "licensing", not "selling" some DVD's. makes sense. no different I guess than for Microsoft for their "office Suite", or Photoshop. again, thx for the input.

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